OBIT: William PATTERSON, 1903, Bakerton, Cambria County, PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, November 13, 1903

William Patterson

  William Patterson, proprietor of the American House at Bakerton, died 
at the Central Hotel in this place at 5:20 o'clock Sunday afternoon, 
aged 42 years. Death was caused by concussion of the brain, resulting 
from a fall on the pavement in the rear of the Central Hotel Sunday 
evening, November 1.
  The deceased was a native of Edinburg, Scotland, and came to America 
with his wife, Margaret McGovern Patterson, about 18 years ago. Besides 
his wife he is survived by eight children. He is also survived by three 
brothers and one sister, John of Bakerton, James of Houtzdale and 
Edward and Jane of Edinburg, Scotland.
  The remains were taken overland Sunday night to Bakerton and the 
funeral took place from St. Benedict's Catholic church at Carrolltown, 
of which the deceased was a member, Monday morning after a high mass of 
requiem.  Interment was made in the church cemetery.